Veterans

Today is Veterans' Day and regardless what your political views are, whether you are against the wars or not everyone in the country should take a moment to thank a veteran for their service. Veterans and soldiers do not create the wars (politicians do) but they defend us unquestionably and make it so we can go about our ordinary lives not worrying about our freedom or safety. My grandfather, father and brother are all veterans.

Everyone from our Federal and State Governments to the regular citizen owes everything they have to the men and women who fought and are fighting around the world. And we all need to make sure the veterans, soldiers and their families are taken care of both during their time of service as well as afterwards. People who risk their lives everyday for other people's families while missing key aspects of their own families' lives deserve to come home from war and not have to worry about where they are going to live, how they are going to feed their children, what kind of work they will do or where they will receive the medical care they need.

I hope that everyone would stop and think about the soldiers and veterans more than once or twice a year. Most are too proud to ask for the help they need - and they shouldn't have to. The programs and services should just be there for whenever they need them.